Dear Journal, I am a loving mother of an innocent boy that was carelessly killed during the Iraq war. I’m from California and my name is Cindy Sheehan. I am an avid anti-war activist, protesting the pointless war that is currently occurring in Iraq. Hundreds of other families in our country are feeling the same way I am, whether it’s mourning the loss of a loved one to the war or just resenting the fact that the troops are still over in Iraq. This is the reason why I led a protest outside of the president’s house. I wanted to show the president, as well as the rest of the country, what I was truly feeling and stand up for what I believed to be right. Luckily, I was not alone in my protests. Hundreds of other people joined me with my rallies and stood day and night outside of the president’s house. We made signs, wrote letters, and gave speeches to support our position against war. Dear Journal, After standing outside of President Bush’s house for days, I learned first-handed what the consequences were. There were both negative and positive results. The negatives were that I was handcuffed and arrested. However, I was not arrested for standing outside the house, protesting, or causing a riot. The real reason why I was arrested was for wearing a shirt that the police didn’t find appropriate. The shirt had the number of people already killed in Iraq, and then the words, “How many more?” The police asked me to cover it, but I refused to, stating that it was just a number and a few words. It was very discouraging being told that I wasn’t able to wear it, so I refused to change it. There were also positive consequences, too, though. Since my crusade got a lot of publicity, the whole country now saw how I was feeling and what I believed in. I had changed many peoples’ minds about the war. I gained a lot of supporters, including my peers and family. They agreed with my argument that too many peoples’ lives were being taken, with no reason at all. Dear Journal, I led this protest for many reasons. My main motivation was the death of my son. I love him so much and when I found out that he was killed in Iraq when he was on his way to save wounded soldiers, it broke my heart. He was my most prized possession and I was so proud of him. He was too young to die, and that is why I wanted to make it public to the country that the war is taking the lives of hundreds of innocent young people. I wanted the publicity to affect all the families at home watching me on TV or at my speeches. I wanted them to realize what is really going on and why the troops should be taken out of the war. There is no reason for them to be fighting over in Iraq. My vigil and determination earned me the nation-wide title as “Peace Mom” which I take pride in. I am much honored to be standing up for my son’s life and all the others that were taken at war. Dear Journal, The entire experience as a whole was very overwhelming. It was inspiring to many people and I’m more than proud to be known as Peace Mom. The things that I went through to support my position against war were more than worth it. I’m glad that I had this experience and I got to alter the opinions of many uneducated families on the subject of war.
I am a loving mother of an innocent boy that was carelessly killed during the Iraq war. I’m from California and my name is Cindy Sheehan. I am an avid anti-war activist, protesting the pointless war that is currently occurring in Iraq. Hundreds of other families in our country are feeling the same way I am, whether it’s mourning the loss of a loved one to the war or just resenting the fact that the troops are still over in Iraq. This is the reason why I led a protest outside of the president’s house. I wanted to show the president, as well as the rest of the country, what I was truly feeling and stand up for what I believed to be right. Luckily, I was not alone in my protests. Hundreds of other people joined me with my rallies and stood day and night outside of the president’s house. We made signs, wrote letters, and gave speeches to support our position against war.
Dear Journal,
After standing outside of President Bush’s house for days, I learned first-handed what the consequences were. There were both negative and positive results. The negatives were that I was handcuffed and arrested. However, I was not arrested for standing outside the house, protesting, or causing a riot. The real reason why I was arrested was for wearing a shirt that the police didn’t find appropriate. The shirt had the number of people already killed in Iraq, and then the words, “How many more?” The police asked me to cover it, but I refused to, stating that it was just a number and a few words. It was very discouraging being told that I wasn’t able to wear it, so I refused to change it. There were also positive consequences, too, though. Since my crusade got a lot of publicity, the whole country now saw how I was feeling and what I believed in. I had changed many peoples’ minds about the war. I gained a lot of supporters, including my peers and family. They agreed with my argument that too many peoples’ lives were being taken, with no reason at all.
Dear Journal,
I led this protest for many reasons. My main motivation was the death of my son. I love him so much and when I found out that he was killed in Iraq when he was on his way to save wounded soldiers, it broke my heart. He was my most prized possession and I was so proud of him. He was too young to die, and that is why I wanted to make it public to the country that the war is taking the lives of hundreds of innocent young people. I wanted the publicity to affect all the families at home watching me on TV or at my speeches. I wanted them to realize what is really going on and why the troops should be taken out of the war. There is no reason for them to be fighting over in Iraq. My vigil and determination earned me the nation-wide title as “Peace Mom” which I take pride in. I am much honored to be standing up for my son’s life and all the others that were taken at war.
Dear Journal,
The entire experience as a whole was very overwhelming. It was inspiring to many people and I’m more than proud to be known as Peace Mom. The things that I went through to support my position against war were more than worth it. I’m glad that I had this experience and I got to alter the opinions of many uneducated families on the subject of war.